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Anne Snelgrove

Anne Snelgrove MP

Member of Parliament
for South Swindon
Incumbent
Assumed office 
5 May 2005
Preceded by Julia Drown
Born 7 August 1957 (1957-08-07) (age 50)
Wokingham, Berkshire
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Alma mater University of Winchester

Anne Christine Snelgrove (born August 7, 1957, Wokingham, Berkshire) is the Labour Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Swindon South. She was elected in the 2005 general election. She is Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Transport.

She was educated at Ranelagh School in Bracknell, King Alfred's College, Winchester and City University, London. She is a member of the Co-operative Party, Amicus and Amnesty International. Previously she worked in education, as a teacher for eight years and Local Education Authority Adviser for seven years.

Her praise of John Prescott before the House of Commons[1] led the satirical magazine Private Eye to award her a special backbench "OBN" (Order of the Brown Nose - a satire on the honour OBE).

She led the campaign to help victims of the collapse of Farepak, the hamper company that was based in her constituency.

She launched the Geared for Giving campaign in May 2008 with Duncan Bannatyne OBE

Voting record

How Anne Snelgrove voted on key issues since 2001:[2]

  • Voted very strongly against a transparent Parliament.
  • Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban.
  • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards.
  • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war.
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident.
  • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights.

References

  1. ^ Hansard: "...there is a great deal of pride in the party and the country about the role that the Deputy Prime Minister has played. In particular, we are pleased to hear that his responsibilities have now been defined.
  2. ^ They Work For You.

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